New York Rangers vs Hurricanes matchup: Battle for the Metro

The New York Rangers would not be at this stage of the NHL playoffs without their big stars. Igor Shesterkin overcame a shaky few games against the Pittsburgh Penguins to become the team’s MVP again. Mika Zibanejad and Chris Kreider turned it on late in the first round to propel the Rangers to a 3-1 series comeback, with Artermi Panarin scoring the Game 7 winner in OT.

The New York Rangers struggled mightily offensively against the Carolina Hurricanes in their Game 1 loss on Wednesday night. One line that had no issue presenting a threat to the Canes was the appropriately named “Kid Line”. The line is comprised of Alexis Lafrenière (20 y/o), Filip Chytil...

The New York Rangers have scored just one goal through the first two games of round two against the Carolina Hurricanes. That came during the first period of Game 1 off the stick of Filip Chytil set up by Alexis Lafrenière. Since then it’s been crickets with the top six forwards struggling mightily.

The Hartford Wolf Pack came into this season filled with promise and great expectations to make the playoffs. Given their performance in the first half of the season, in addition to a well crafted roster, a potential lengthy playoff run was not out of the question. As the regular season...

The New York Rangers will look to even their series against the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 2 on Friday in Raleigh. After a very low scoring affair where the Rangers got one goal from the Kid Line, Artemi Panarin had some funny comments before the big game. Speaking with reporters...

New York Rangers head coach Gerard Gallant didn’t like what went down in the closing minutes of Game 3 one bit. At the end of Sunday’s huge 3-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes, known little agitator Max Domi took a cheap shot at Ryan Lindgren. That started a scrum with Lindgren wrestling Domi to the ice.